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At a stop to refill my water bottle at a fountain in Italy during a sportive, forever alone after taking a wrong turn and having to work my way back onto the route, I remounted and continued on my way up the climb into Guietta when I was suddenly swept up in a massive peloton climbing upwards at about 23kmh. I was not in the peloton for long but until they dropped me it was like a fantasy blur of lycra, shaved legs, sweat, and plastic that haunts me even now.